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We're all fat and dumb

OK, I'm overweight, so I do not have to apologize for calling people fat and dumb. OK, dumb, I might have a problem with, but c'mon, most people you know aren't that bright. This isn't a blanket statement, this is a direct slap in the face of gas and fast food. About an hour ago, I ran out, put a little over five gallons of gas in my car and ordered the Triple Whopper Meal with medium fries and a medium soda. $25 total. I started thinking about how silly this was. Sure it was a nice easy meal and while I do not frequent fast food places often, I do like Burger King. Especially the Whoppers. Maybe it's because it has my name in it, who knows?

Well I finished my tasty high caloric meal and started looking at my e-mail and came across this week's supermarket circular. Then I started to think. I'm within three blocks of Stop & Shop and I could have walked there and back. Not far, but hey, a little exercise. More than the burn I get from pressing the brake pedal. So I tried to figure out what I could have got for that same amount of money and came up with this little list.

2 lbs of ground beef
Lb of tomatoes
Jar of pickles
a head of lettuce
hamburger rolls
12 cans of soda

So basically I could have made eight quarter lb hamburgers with lettuce, tomato and pickles on a roll with a can of soda and had four sodas left over. Then it dawned on me. If only, I had seven friends.

Maybe I should read my own blog next time I go out to grab a bite to eat!

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